Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-17
mR- EADEEAEeH-s oPsEIox 81 y.
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AZ The vess boand pazns1Esf tram o. |
he AsFthsrn RsGae Railroad WHs
stssuinR aioae e. To- neiehboThsod %
Miles City, MsrtanA, on tas 5sh inst-,
fhsrs s8t tsasther IN the Pullmsn gal-
see ear three nsn. Whs ueFs strangers.
sszsEed IN conversations. O1e q tie
thses zas Mr.. A. A. Honey. sapsFiotea
dent Of tks teIsgrspAte ssrvtoe on the
northern Pacific RailYosd fOs the west-
exB divisions fKofa Kisses - Puget
sound Etlh beadqasrters 10 F0stiAno'
OfezSa. Another Of the tbrse men Sas
tbs editor Of the Tseot~a Lsdgsy- toe
third wss : commercial travelsr. last
portion Of the conversation Sbiss y
VsrtiDsnt 20 the obises Of t1is vrltiDR
related 70 the lanes A1d vhsat yield o.
washin4sDn TerFitoFy; 10 the y. x. a
n. 2silWsv ana tba Cascade Divisi0n 81
The n. r. 4. z, and he eject shieh The
esnaFustion Of ths istssf v9ald likely
hase upOn ssrssin towns and cities Mr..
Honey remarked 10 that eonsectio1
thai be saW no very bright future f0g
Portland; that be regarded Portland -
practically dole for. bsca1se tue haRd-
lag Of sue NLsst Woald be d0ns here
after principally on the Sound, being
hauled by the Csseade Division Instead
Of By tie river roate 20 POFilsnd, and
shst the rssaIt souid Be- 10 build % she
fortunes Of Seattle. be said tkat tie
Case Ade Division woald be oompietsd
asd the last rail- laid bsfOre she LIST o.
June, and that the road would be IN
candltion 10 move the wheat crop Of the
preSeat year.
''Yon sOsak Of Seattle timi3ly suR
essted the newspaper MAJ, Who vas ~
known 20 Mr.. Honey, "es being destined
20 reap this advantage Of wheat ship
ment. / have been told that Tacoma
vas the terminus Of the road and was
likely TO BE- vary mush benefited By
this change u The diFestiou Of ths wheat
crop rather than ang ether place"
'sOh, we'll, yea sec, replied Me-. Honey,
that sort Of thing might do II Tscoma
had the proper facilities. The trouble
with TsoomA IL she has no shipping
facilities. The water Is too deep there.
You can't anchor s ship there at Ia
coms."
II have no dineally in remembering
10 hAvs seen several ships at anchor
there At one tipe, sne noFsossF. Il ! am
not much astFay, they told me--theFe u
bsy there, isn't thersI"
"Yes."
sWeIl, they told me that, While in the
center Of the by the water was very
deep, Just As 10 was in nearly all parts
Of the sound. and even in tbs waters
Treating Seattle, yet that around the
shore, on the sides and at the head OF
the bay there Vas enough good anchor
age ground to tie up ct one time ell Of
tbs ships that are ahoat upon the Pa
eife ocean"
"Oh, yon have been misinfOrmed,"
WAS the hAsty interruption Of Mr.
Honey. There is really nothtng AZ
Tacoma" and then, as though feeling
himself convicted in little white
whoppeF, MF. Honey vas anxious 70
droS the Subject Of anchorage, and,
like al Seattle strikers when eornered.
take refuge 10 the threadbare plea OF
the immense enterprise which the IN.
| Babitants Of Seattle contain within
themselves. He said:
~ don't know Of place that has 50
much enterprise"
"But TO return 90 this quG5ti9n OF
shipping wheat 81 Seattle" said the
editor Of the Ledger. II would, OF
course, like 10 GET all the iufoEmatiOa |
could on this subject"
"Oh, WE'LL" agaiR interrupted Mr..
Honey, even II the Northern Pacific
should net ship its wheat at Seattle,
those enterprisinR people are building
other railroads. There is the Canadian
Pacific, that will come down there. And
then the Manitoba Company IL build
ing a road east from Seattle to meet the
construction westward ia Montana"
"Ah p said the Ledger man, that il
something quite new. had not heard
Of it before. Have You good authority
for MAKING that etafAuEuf p
"Well. It Is the same thiHg. las the
SEATTLE. Lake Shore a Eastern road thst
ia building. Tnst is the name they
give, but 1t is really the Manitoba, b.
eauso / suppose tbs Manitoba furnishes
the money"
Such Is, In brisf. e faithful report Of
the conversation between hF. Honey
and the editor Of tue Ledger ia the pres
enoe OF others. and as u occurred in pnh
lie, and as M. Honey was preaching
publicly ia behalf of bis Own special
interest and against she iBteres, Of bis
employer, 10 seems proper that through
this medium the public and the direct
ors aud stockholders OF the Northern
Pacific rsad should be made acquainted
with she facts.
Aud now the questions which arose
Ia the mind OF the editor Of the Ledger
during thai conversation, bat which u
Was deemed best 90 reserve foe another
occasion. seem 10 find their proper
place here. Hence you are desired 60
give reply, Mt. Honey, to the Ques-
ton
Are you not aware that In declaring
that there is nothing 81 Tacoma, you
Dot only say what Is false, bat that you
strike blow at one Of the most valuA-
bic assets and interests Of your employ
err
Snppess in travelling through the
country yon had pointed out TO yoar
auditors the LANDS through which the
traia was passing and you had declared
TO them; This land beisnging 20 she
Northern Pacific las no vaias. Il has
no good lands IN Minnesota. none Ia
Dakota nor Montana. and It's holdings
in Idaho and Washingtoo Territory are
not worth having II yoa could Ret them
81 cost" supp0ss yoa had said these
thinRs, do yea not kaow that ysu woala
in 30 doing have struck a more direct
blow at the interests Of your employer
than you dld vhea zoo said there vas
nothing a. TAcomaP
When in that conversation you fur
theF saia that the Northern Paoiii,
ftNANa AoAl NAAaAN ~ AhAa Au0NA AaOeA4Ns
you virtually osnyiotsd yourself Of inh-
deity to yous employer. for you must
knew that she value of that real estate
depends on the erosth Of the tow. and
that the growth Of the town may be
ssriooslY shscisd foe good or IA by ths
ensy talk III emplayes OF she railroad IA
the hesrinr % She travelling pnblieP
Are you DOT aware that fourteen ears
are The cooperation which emPlnys ana
pays you selected Tacoma - she teFyni-
nus Of its Road. formally, BY Essnlatisn
OF tts Board ~ Directors. declared Ia
coma 10 be iss terJainas. and that all Of
les subsequent actian 10 relstion there
10 has been sash - 10 conhssa that res
uiusion
Are yoa not aware that the Northern
fsolfie RaiirOad Company doss not own
a foot % soil "a tke toWu OF SsAstia, aud
that % has never huht It's railrsAd into
that town Or 40 ven make bold 60
talk 50 giihly about such serious matters
Sithaut havsre fail Information
Who has sen fgsr and % vasi txtent
have Yea been seen o. wherein lies
yonr interest, that you Should berate
laeoms, ave, and that falsely. and
pra - tie community Watch has MADE
unstleniins var upcn your employers